Modelling of activated sludge acclimisation to a non-ionic surfactant

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 9-17

  Carvalho, G ^a   Nopens, I ^b   Novais, J M ^a   Vanrolleghem, P A ^b   Pinheiro, H M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Modelling; Parameter estimation; Respirometry; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLITES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NON-IONIC SURFACTANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

CARBON; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; POLIDOCANOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MODELING; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SURFACTANT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURVE FITTING; DEGRADATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIAL GROWTH; REACTOR; RESPIROMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035012727     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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